So Apple has done done away with the MobileMe gallery and replaced it with the Photo Stream feature, however that's not exactly what I am looking for.

I intend to create a little online gallery where I can host renderings and animation and perhaps more like a portfolio can leave comments on these.

Any suggestions ?

I am not overly smitten with the usual candidates Picasa, Flickr etc. Smugmug looks nice but I understand it's not free. The usual suspects for CG are a bit out of line as well as I want to do also include photos of real prototypes and things I design.

I am trying to stay away to build my own website. I am busy enough as is